Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 67 86
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 -31
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,022 1,907 2,432
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 3.85% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 4.30% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 945 1,697
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £85,420
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -2.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,038 44,320 69,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.51% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 52,466 25,228 46,329
10th Percentile £30,603 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 1 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -24 1,775 £75,000 +3.45% 870
UK excluding London -39 1,101 £65,000 -7.14% 465
Work from Home -23 888 £66,000 -5.71% 458
London -16 786 £85,000 +3.03% 517
North of England -37 377 £70,000 - 137
South East +15 300 £64,250 -8.21% 140
North West -47 200 £75,000 +7.14% 77
South West -43 128 £57,500 -8.00% 58
Midlands -57 104 £66,250 -1.85% 50
North East +23 94 £65,000 +18.18% 23
Yorkshire -9 83 £60,000 -16.66% 37
West Midlands -37 76 £78,750 +12.50% 32
Northern Ireland -22 59 £60,000 +20.00% 22
Wales -19 58 £70,000 +34.62% 12
East of England -26 45 £60,100 -3.84% 19
Scotland -57 32 £60,000 -23.87% 33
East Midlands -60 27 £64,000 +6.67% 18
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 38 (1.88%) Confluence
2 27 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 15 (0.74%) Apache
3 15 (0.74%) CMS
4 14 (0.69%) IIS
5 11 (0.54%) Camunda
6 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.40%) JBoss
7 8 (0.40%) WordPress
8 7 (0.35%) nginx
8 7 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.25%) Drupal
11 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.15%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.15%) Kentico
12 3 (0.15%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.30%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.099%) Shopify
6 1 (0.049%) Eikon
6 1 (0.049%) RMDS
6 1 (0.049%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,040 (51.43%) AWS
2 874 (43.22%) Azure
3 328 (16.22%) GCP
4 266 (13.16%) Serverless
5 243 (12.02%) GitHub
6 188 (9.30%) SaaS
7 174 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
8 135 (6.68%) AWS Lambda
9 117 (5.79%) Amazon S3
10 110 (5.44%) Amazon EKS
11 102 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
12 100 (4.95%) AWS CloudFormation
13 92 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 80 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
15 67 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
15 67 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
16 65 (3.21%) Amazon SQS
17 64 (3.17%) Azure AKS
18 51 (2.52%) PaaS
19 49 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.72%) Broadband
2 25 (1.24%) Network Security
3 15 (0.74%) MQTT
4 13 (0.64%) DMARC
5 12 (0.59%) DNS
6 8 (0.40%) Firewall
6 8 (0.40%) Internet
6 8 (0.40%) VPN
7 7 (0.35%) AMQP
7 7 (0.35%) HTTP
7 7 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.30%) DHCP
8 6 (0.30%) RFID
8 6 (0.30%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.20%) LTE
10 3 (0.15%) Modbus
11 2 (0.099%) NAS
11 2 (0.099%) SAN
12 1 (0.049%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 305 (15.08%) MongoDB
2 227 (11.23%) PostgreSQL
3 199 (9.84%) NoSQL
4 166 (8.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 159 (7.86%) Elasticsearch
6 124 (6.13%) MySQL
7 112 (5.54%) SQL Server
8 93 (4.60%) Relational Database
9 65 (3.21%) Redis
10 51 (2.52%) DynamoDB
11 49 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (1.53%) Big Data
13 20 (0.99%) RDBMS
14 17 (0.84%) BigQuery
15 13 (0.64%) Pinecone
16 12 (0.59%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.59%) Db2
16 12 (0.59%) DTS
17 11 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
18 8 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 261 (12.91%) Git
2 190 (9.40%) GitLab
3 163 (8.06%) Jenkins
4 63 (3.12%) JUnit
5 62 (3.07%) JIRA
6 57 (2.82%) TeamCity
7 44 (2.18%) Cucumber
8 38 (1.88%) Mockito
9 34 (1.68%) Cypress.io
10 31 (1.53%) Claude Code
11 30 (1.48%) Maven
12 24 (1.19%) Selenium
13 22 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 20 (0.99%) CircleCI
15 18 (0.89%) SonarQube
16 15 (0.74%) Spock
17 14 (0.69%) Postman
18 13 (0.64%) JMeter
18 13 (0.64%) REST Assured
19 12 (0.59%) Vite
General
1 498 (24.63%) Finance
2 380 (18.79%) Social Skills
3 210 (10.39%) Public Sector
4 177 (8.75%) Banking
5 133 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 132 (6.53%) Law
7 124 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
8 118 (5.84%) Retail
9 76 (3.76%) Legal
10 59 (2.92%) Financial Institution
11 51 (2.52%) Marketing
12 44 (2.18%) Back Office
13 29 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (1.38%) Aerospace
14 28 (1.38%) Legal Technology
15 23 (1.14%) Advertising
16 22 (1.09%) Games
17 19 (0.94%) Front Office
18 18 (0.89%) Telecoms
19 14 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 755 (37.34%) Developer
2 481 (23.79%) Senior
3 362 (17.90%) Software Engineer
4 319 (15.78%) Lead
5 276 (13.65%) Architect
6 206 (10.19%) .NET Developer
7 177 (8.75%) Senior Developer
8 160 (7.91%) Full-Stack Developer
9 152 (7.52%) Java Developer
10 134 (6.63%) Java Engineer
11 124 (6.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 112 (5.54%) Senior Software Engineer
13 101 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
14 98 (4.85%) Principal Engineer
15 82 (4.06%) Software Developer
16 73 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
17 70 (3.46%) Lead Developer
18 67 (3.31%) Lead Software Engineer
19 57 (2.82%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 54 (2.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 547 (27.05%) .NET
2 434 (21.46%) React
3 415 (20.52%) Node.js
4 337 (16.67%) Spring
5 307 (15.18%) Spring Boot
6 296 (14.64%) RESTful
7 278 (13.75%) REST
8 250 (12.36%) Kafka
9 240 (11.87%) ASP.NET
10 219 (10.83%) .NET Core
11 216 (10.68%) AngularJS
12 211 (10.44%) Vue
13 196 (9.69%) ASP.NET Core
14 115 (5.69%) Blazor
15 106 (5.24%) ASP.NET Web API
16 100 (4.95%) .NET Framework
17 96 (4.75%) HTML
18 91 (4.50%) CSS
19 78 (3.86%) RabbitMQ
20 73 (3.61%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 615 (30.42%) Cloud Native
2 353 (17.46%) Distributed Systems
3 138 (6.82%) Product Ownership
4 106 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
5 95 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
6 67 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 56 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
8 42 (2.08%) AI Agents
9 41 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 40 (1.98%) Video\Live Streaming
11 36 (1.78%) Over-the-Top Content
12 35 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 32 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
14 31 (1.53%) e-Learning
15 26 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
16 25 (1.24%) Algorithms
16 25 (1.24%) Data Structures
17 24 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
18 20 (0.99%) Management Information System
19 19 (0.94%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 133 (6.58%) Linux
2 48 (2.37%) Windows
3 22 (1.09%) Unix
4 21 (1.04%) CentOS
4 21 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.25%) AIX
7 4 (0.20%) Debian
7 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.15%) Android
8 3 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.099%) VMS
10 1 (0.049%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,056 (52.23%) CI/CD
2 962 (47.58%) Agile
3 721 (35.66%) Software Engineering
4 717 (35.46%) DevOps
5 574 (28.39%) Full-Stack Development
6 485 (23.99%) Mentoring
7 430 (21.27%) Containerisation
7 430 (21.27%) Event-Driven
8 426 (21.07%) AI
9 405 (20.03%) Test Automation
10 401 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 386 (19.09%) Infrastructure as Code
12 364 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
13 285 (14.09%) Scrum
14 272 (13.45%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 271 (13.40%) Technical Leadership
16 249 (12.31%) TDD
17 225 (11.13%) Clean Code
18 217 (10.73%) Architectural Patterns
19 216 (10.68%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 667 (32.99%) Java
2 565 (27.94%) C#
3 500 (24.73%) SQL
4 485 (23.99%) Python
5 454 (22.45%) JavaScript
6 369 (18.25%) TypeScript
7 113 (5.59%) Go
8 50 (2.47%) Ruby
9 45 (2.23%) C++
9 45 (2.23%) Scala
10 42 (2.08%) PHP
11 40 (1.98%) Bash
12 27 (1.34%) Bicep
13 26 (1.29%) PowerShell
14 24 (1.19%) Rust
15 21 (1.04%) C
16 18 (0.89%) PL/SQL
17 17 (0.84%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.64%) Groovy
19 12 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 279 (13.80%) Security Cleared
2 188 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 183 (9.05%) Degree
4 85 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 75 (3.71%) DV Cleared
6 68 (3.36%) AWS Certification
7 41 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 25 (1.24%) CISSP
9 21 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 18 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (0.54%) CISM
13 10 (0.49%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.49%) PhD
14 9 (0.45%) MBA
15 5 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (9.94%) QA
2 80 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 40 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (1.88%) GDPR
5 33 (1.63%) WCAG
6 21 (1.04%) SOC 2
7 20 (0.99%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.94%) NIST
9 17 (0.84%) NCSC
10 15 (0.74%) GRC
11 10 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.45%) Data Quality
12 9 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.25%) PSD2
16 5 (0.25%) SEPA
17 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 3 (0.15%) IFRS
System Software
1 581 (28.73%) Docker
2 30 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.25%) NDS
5 4 (0.20%) Firmware
5 4 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.099%) KVM
8 1 (0.049%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 614 (30.37%) Kubernetes
2 358 (17.71%) Terraform
3 113 (5.59%) Ansible
4 94 (4.65%) Grafana
5 57 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.24%) Argo
7 19 (0.94%) Puppet
8 17 (0.84%) Kibana
8 17 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.64%) Cilium
10 8 (0.40%) HP Fortify
11 6 (0.30%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.25%) Podman
13 4 (0.20%) Packer
14 2 (0.099%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.099%) MIIS
14 2 (0.099%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.099%) Rancher
15 1 (0.049%) Istio
15 1 (0.049%) Nagios
Vendors
1 324 (16.02%) Microsoft
2 90 (4.45%) Google
3 67 (3.31%) Oracle
4 39 (1.93%) OpenAI
5 36 (1.78%) Typelevel
6 34 (1.68%) Splunk
7 26 (1.29%) Dynatrace
8 23 (1.14%) AppDynamics
8 23 (1.14%) IBM
9 20 (0.99%) Databricks
10 17 (0.84%) Okta
11 16 (0.79%) ForgeRock
12 13 (0.64%) Adobe
12 13 (0.64%) OneLogin
12 13 (0.64%) SendGrid
13 12 (0.59%) Salesforce
13 12 (0.59%) SAP
14 11 (0.54%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.54%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.40%) OpenText